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    A computer sits upon an old metal dining table inside an old Human spacecraft; amidst crumpled coke cans, half eaten cans of chicken noodle soup, and a few articles of clothing. After a secure password is entered, one may view a variety of things from previously searched StarNet items, videos, ship data, and journal entries..
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    ENTRY 12
    7 May 2415
    Orbit over colony 'Katune'

    ENTRY BEGIN:


    Been awile since I wrote one of these. I had to book it out of the Nevada colony pretty quickly after that whole 'shipping accident' I ended up getting myself into. Ended up with a few credits and pixels in my back pocket, but there's no way I'm doing that again. I was practically starving when I pulled off that whole manuever. Couldn't find work, couldn't find food; nothing in human space seems to be going well anymore, unless you can speak that bullshit 'drek' language the core humans can, and come from one of their nice families with the fancy gadgets and loads of money. Even off Earth, people can't seem to help another out.

    After some crazy jumps, practically running on empty (both me AND the ship) I managed to pull into some frontier sector known as 'Antares'. Set down on a colony known as Katune, managed to grab some serious food, restock on fuel, and actually found a damned job flying escort for some fishman's cargo freighter. Twenty thousand pixels! I won't be going hungry for awhile after this! Hell, I might even be able to add some new gear to my ship. It's already got two aft homing rocket launchers and some forward cannons; maybe I could add some more living space and, I dunno, a WASHING MACHINE? I'm sick of cleaning my clothes in the shower. Perhaps that's why I've been leaving all my shit around.. I should probably clean this place up. The Hyltol wasn't too impressed when he saw the state of my ship, and I may need to impress further clients.

    That's all for now. Will update in the future when more happens. God Bless Earth.

    - Sarah McKinley

    [DOUBLEPOST=1431323949,1431323892][/DOUBLEPOST]ENTRY 13
    10 May 2415
    Orbit over colony 'Dexter's Garden'

    ENTRY BEGIN:


    Today was an interesting... Scary day. Katune was lost to the Floran 'horde' after Max abandoned it. Lost my job. My new apartment. Almost lost my flag, and I had to run back to get it just as this Floran tribe, led by 'Stab-Duncer', invaded. I took a new friend of mine, Bluejay, to help her get some of her own personal items back, and I met Bork, a friend and my boss, there as well. We all went down to check for survivors and anyone else who couldn't escape before the planet was taken. Managed to get a few people out; saved some lives, thank God. Unfortunately, the Florans ended up swarming the place, attacked a few survivors, and caused a heap of destruction to the colony I had, even for a small amount of time, called home. A new opportunity lost, and now I have to start all over.

    It got even MORE interesting, however. After Bork, Bluejay and I got back to my ship, I ended up deploying a few BM-23 Comets from the 'Ladybird' down to Katune to force the fuckers out. Blew the bar, the colony's bridge, and the clinic sky-high.. And caused some serious concussive damage to the rest of the colony. Note to self: buy a new payload.

    THEN! We end up getting hailed by some protector craft who's home base was Katune, and we got into a prey vs. predator chase that took me half way around the goddamn planet. Allowed the craft to board, and who was it? Max: the once-governor of Katune. Devolved into a crazy argument before he apologized for shooting at my ship, and offered me a new job at his new colony. I accepted of course... How could I not? This... 'Dexter's Garden' hardly seems like it'll last as long as Katune did. No spunk, no fun, no... Easy layout. It's like living in a monk tribe. Since it's run by Grounded, I guess that makes sense.

    Anyway, ended the day okay. Hung out with Blue and Bork afterwards... Teased me a bit regarding clothing and whatnot. I love having friends again. It feels great, and they're great people. Sometimes, though... I feel like I bum things down a bit. It's just hard to make friends sometimes, especially when I just... Dont' feel good. About me. I'm happy with myself. I like me. I wouldn't be anyone else but.. It's just the things I remember sometimes. The memories I wish I could forget. The scars I wish would heal, but every shower; every change of clothes I see them again. They remind me of things I wish I could erase forever.

    I suddenly don't feel very well. I got the shakes. That familiar bulge in my throat. Need to go lay down for a bit. God Bless.

    - Sarah McKinley

    [DOUBLEPOST=1431367667][/DOUBLEPOST]ENTRY 14
    11 May 2415
    Orbit over colony 'Dexter's Garden'

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    Well I really hope I didn't just scare off Bluejay. She was feeling bad about her lover, Hay, or something, since he hasn't reported back from Katune in awhile. I invited her to a little party in my ship, drinks and all. She ended up asking me about Earth, and my flags, and well... After a few minutes of talking about it I just broke down. It always hurts to talk about it, yet at the same time it helps. I always try to hold it all in but last night I just couldn't, and I cracked hard. Started crying, shaking, weak breathing issues all that jazz. Guess that psyciatrist wasn't kidding when he said I had some 'anxiety issues'.

    I managed to calm down after awhile, and we went back to having some wine. We started getting a bit tipsy, Blue waaaaay before me, so she decided it was best to take a break and we'll get back together later. I hope we do, she's a really cool friend. More later.

    - Sarah McKinley
     
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    ENTRY 15
    12 May 2415
    Orbit over colony 'Dexter's Garden'

    ENTRY BEGIN:


    Well, this has certainly been an interesting week. Got into some confrontations with a few suspects on Dexter's Garden, as I'm now a security officer on the colony. Also got into confrontations with superior officers, Luke and Ziggy. Those relationships switched around really quickly. Luke and I seem to be pretty fast friends now; we talked about the whole 'Devi' incident and managed to remove any hard feelings. Even offered to let me bunk with him in his absolutely massive house at the edge of the colony, although I declined, of course. I'm looking to find a home on the colony right now, actually. I thought I was gonna stick with Max and his new set up whenever he got it working, but.. I like the Gardens. Got friends here now, and it's really nice. Like an old Earth resort, but you get to stay here for free.

    I totally went off on a tangent, however.

    Ziggy is a wholly different story in terms of.. Changing relationships. We ended up hanging out a bit after our security shifts were over. We sorta swept the whole difference in security-handling issue under the carpet. He was pretty adorable the whole time we were talking; making me laugh and all that jazz. I eventually invited him up to my ship for dinner, and I cooked an actual MEAL for the first time in, like, forever. Wasn't half bad actually, I haven't lost my touch. Helps that I actually have food on my ship now but ANYWAY. When we finished up with the food and cleaned up, when someone is supposed to leave and go their separate way... We ended up not doing that. Basically, he ended up 'staying the night'. Wink wink, nudge nudge, etc etc. I really dunno what that means. Maybe it was just a one night stand, or maybe it was something else. All I know is that he made me feel really... Special, from when we started hanging out, and onwards. I guess I'll just have to see what happens. More later.

    - Sarah McKinley
     
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    ENTRY 16
    23 May 2415
    Orbit over colony 'Dexter's Garden'

    ENTRY BEGIN:

    Currently resting in Bork's big-ass freight hauler. A few days ago he said he finally got the coordinates for the big haul, and he needed me to fly escort ASAP. Dunno why he needed me right THEN, but I certainly didn't want to lose out on the 20 G's. Hopped right back into my flight suit and got the 'Lady Bird' rolling. And, what the fuck do ya know, the MOMENT we exit FTL we have SIX. FUCKING. PIRATE SHIPS WAITING FOR US. God I fucking LOOOOOVE you Bork. Making me fucking work for my money.

    Yes, that was sarcasm. You are a sssssmarty, whoever is reading this. Hopefully just me. Anyway.

    I pulled some crazy maneuvers that would make General Billy Mitchell turn in his grave, and managed to light up three of the fuckers and blew them back to their respective hells before I got sideswiped by an EMP. Killed the inertia generators and I ended up slamming my head into my flight console; knocked me out cold and gave me a horrible concussion. Can hardly remember what happened afterwards.. All I know is that we captured one of the pirates, and yet she managed to escape. In light of all this bull, I have stolen Borks quarters, and am now living the comfortable life for the remainder of this haul while he enjoys the cockpit of this giant spaceship. Living accommodations and 20 thousand pixels... And a nice scar on my forehead. Guess it COULD be worse. Wait, shit I totally just jinxed it.

    Also! I killed a Floran when it attacked Alo; six rounds in the gut and blew it in half. I also saved another Floran after the thing tried to kill itself the old fashion way, but... But guess where it tried to kill itself? In my fucking. Newly. Built. Bathroom. It apologized and all but holy shit, if I'm just the spitting image of Lady Luck herself! Alo's kind of an asshole, come to think of it. I mean, I'm prejudiced; I do NOT like Florans and I am not a fan of most Avians but... Holy fucking shit, this chick is like a hard right American conservative. She hates eeeeeverything that doesn't have feathers and she's DAAAAMN happy to let you know! It's my job to protect the Gardens with my life, and I'll do it, but jeezuz if some of the people there aren't racist elitists or drunken asshats.

    Ziggy's cool though. I'm rather fooooond of the bird.... And for very good reason. He's a damned sweetheart, adorable; certainly brings out my good side when I'm feeling like crap. And he is damned good at what he does.... Hehehehe. I'll leave 'what' he's good at up to the reader, although I think, looking back at this a few years from now, I'll remember without a single doubt, or any lack of clarity. Hehe.

    Alright, got a headache coming along. Need more asprin, ibruprophen, however you spell it. Bada bing. Have a nice day. Check ya later.

    - Sarah McKinley

     
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    ENTRY 17
    23 May 2415
    Orbit over colony 'Dexter's Garden'

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    Such BULLSHIT. Its not frigin HIGHSCHOOL anymore. All ya gotta do is talk to the guy. Why the hell do I even wanna BE with the dude! He's a fucking BIRD. They fly and shit on car windshields and steal icecream from babies! Then again birds aren't nice and don't say nice things and UGH. I already talked to him about it though and he said he didn't want one. A relationship. But like, WHY? I just ugh. ughghghghghghghghgh. FUUUUUU HNGGGGGG. Jesus if this keeps up I'll start playing all that goddamn relationship music. BUT JEEEEEZ. He just makes me feel nice. Happy. All those good, heartwarming feelings. AND NOOO It's not the concussion! Just the headache is making me WAY more pissed about it. FUCK.

    P.S. Thank God no one else can read this... Right? Right. Yeah, totally.

    -Sarah McKinley
     
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    ENTRY 18
    28 May 2415
    Orbit over colony 'Dexter's Garden

    ENTRY BEGIN:

    //Root:: SARAH/PROGRAMS/MUSIC/CHICAGO.BAND/PDG

    FILE ATTACH:

    Why. Michael. Max, now Ziggy. Gone. Why does the universe keep putting happiness in my hands and then YANK. IT. AWAY. It hurts. It never gets easier.

    I wish you were still here Michael. Then it wouldn't hurt so much.
     
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    ENTRY 19
    10 June 2415
    Mid-FTL to Antares Sector

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    I've been away from Antares for awhile. Didn't say anything to anyone, pretty much just left. When Ziggy left it just.. Tore my heart up. It hurt, even though I'll say it doesn't, it does. Left my friends behind, and just traveled back to the Core Regions for awhile. I spent a few weeks there, responded to a few calls for a courier or deep space transport, even a few combat jobs for escorting bigger ships. Managed to add a few more thousand to my bank account.

    I'm heading back now. Dealing with the assholes in the Core made me realize how much I enjoyed the asshats in Antares. Antares was only meant to be a small stop, but... It feels like home a bit. First since Earth.

    Hope to make an appearance on Dexter's Garden soon.

    - Sarah McKinley
     
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    ENTRY 20
    25 June 2415
    Orbit Over Colony 'Fort Mattis'

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    Just received payment for my work in the Core worlds. 32238 pixels in my account. Should be enough to hold me over until I can find another steady job in Antares, or maybe get my security job back. Also saw Ziggy. That was awkward.

    - Sarah McKinley
     
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    ENTRY 21
    6 July 2415
    Dexter's Garden, Home

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    Home at last, although it seems home isn't the same. The Gardens increased security and seems to be walling itself off from the galactic community; something that is definitely killing the vibe the colony has. Less people, less income, and no security work income. Definitely need to find a new job. The one Max was throwing about, about helping people like some sorta vigilante, seems interesting. I could start my own business, sure, but I don't think that'd be my sort of thing. Not yet. Don't want to settle down to that level, to be grounded to something. A home on a colony is one thing; a business is something entirely different.

    For now I'll keep roaming about, trying to find something worth setting my mind to. And while I hate the place, it seems the Mawl is the best place to start after my return to Antares. Oh, sweet, sweet Antares, how I missed your lawlessness. To set foot on New Tet's crippled remains and get shot in the leg over my handgun... Lovely, lovely, lovely.

    Well, gonna pack up some snacks for the day and head to orbit. Time to do some poking around the Mawl and the other local systems.

    - Sarah McKinley
     
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    ENTRY 22
    9 July 2415
    Planet of Terra, Home

    ENTRY BEGIN:

    Quick updates. Don't wanna delve into too much detail since I'm pretty busy, so I'll just give a basic little outlook on the last day, and I'll write a more intensive entry later. BASICALLY: Got a new job at the Mawl after I moved from Dexter's Garden to Terra, my new little home amongst the stars. I work for Cy's now, a small farm operator and seller of random shit and salvage. I perform cargo transport for him now, and I make about five hundred pixels per hour, per trip. My recent trip got me about twenty five hundred pixels, not to mention another ten from selling my home to Dexter's Garden so I could finance my new home, so I got about... Lemme see here. I got about:

    20,485 pixels in my account. I was practically broke earlier this week, so that's good!

    I also sold my house to Glauen and the Gardens. He was happy to hear from me, and even came over to see me on Terra. I admit, I was super angry, stressed out, and just... On edge, so I was a little out of it when he came, but I think it went well. I named the planet I built my house on Terra, the Latin name for Earth, because of how.. Beautiful the planet is. I've been out and about so much recently, getting hurt, doing work, fighting, talking, hurting, I just decided to take the day off today. Lay around, relax. I watched the sun rise over Terra and it's jungle moon, which I TOTALLY wanna call Endor, but I won't, so I'll need to think about a new name for it. I sat around, drinking cola and watching re-runs of some old TV show called 'The Andy Griffith Show' which I managed to retrieve after my satellite connected with the Earth's radio-sphere. Pretty sweet day. Anne even stopped by, although... She tried to kiss me. Sweet gal, great friend, and a fantastic person, but.. That just isn't my thing. Poor girl. I'll stand by her no doubt, if she needs me. Just not in that way.

    I told Max to fuck off. Christ, he's fucking weird. I told em' no, no no no, but he kept pushing it, pushing it. I finally shoved him away after he grabbed me and tried to kiss me, and told him to get away from me. I don't imagine he'll do any such thing. I'll need to keep my guard up.

    Otherwise, everything else is okay. I'm relaxing a bit, I'm getting myself more under control. I'll be okay. I'm not... Ecstatic about life yet, but I'm getting there. I'm happier than I was before, although certainly more stressed. Not exactly the short journal entry I intended, but I'll be sure to add more later when more stuff happens. Time to go check out these crystal oceans just outside. If a beautiful view outside on my porch isn't something to be happy about, then I don't know what is.

    - Sarah McKinley

    EDIT: It's also, in my opinion, okay to salvage from a location that hwas not been often visited. Adds points if it's a criminal or Floran hideaway, since it usually has better shit in it. I may have pixels hon, but sometimes a girl just has to do what a girl has to do.

     
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    ENTRY 23
    23 July 2415
    Planet of Terra, Governor's House

    ENTRY BEGIN:


    This is going to be less a journal entry than for me to keep tabs on Terra's construction for later implementation into our data systems:

    CURRENT EMPLOYEES:

    Planetary Governor:
    - Sarah McKinley
    Salary: 700 per week

    Planetary Vice Governor:
    - Annabelle
    Salary: 650 per week.

    Terran Special Task Force Commander:
    - Max
    Salary: 500

    Maintenance Officer:
    - Natalye
    Salary: 500 per week.

    Terran Security Lieutenant:
    - Luke
    Salary: 550 per week.

    Terran Security Officer:
    - Ethan Britton
    - 'Torchie'
    - Dustclaw
    Salary: 500 per week

    Terran Hospital Doctor:
    - Acacia
    Salary: 600

    Total Salary Cost Per Week: 5,000 pixels per week.

    CURRENT COLONIAL TREASURY:

    Loan from Central Core Bank: 450,000 pixels (1,000 per week)
    Investment from Glauen: 50,000 pixels.
    Investments from Max: N/A
    Maintenance (Factory, Defenses): 250 per week.
    Estimated Cost for Planetary Defense Cannon: N/A

    Owed per week: 6,250

    Weekly Flat Tax: 200 per business.
    Hyperworks Data-Storage Facility: 1,750 per week.
    Exports (Machine Parts, Armor and Weapon Parts, Terran Seafoods, Coconuts, Bananas): 4,789 per week.
    Factory Use Payment By Local Businesses: 600 per week

    Weekly Revenue: 7,339

    Treasury: 2,089 pixels

    NOTE: Operations on Katarn, Terra's moon, are not expected to be funded under Terran colonial finances, but we'll see. Hopefully profits will expand beyond my first few estimates here, so we can pay off that huge fucking loan. With the factory operational, we can require small but sure payments from businesses to use it. This is a huge undertaking, but... We're good to go, it seems. Still need to find and hire a doctor. Need to install a planetary defense gun. Will update this entry as more information becomes available.

    We'll be opening tomorrow. Pray. PRAY. It doesn't go haywire.
     
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    ENTRY 24
    9 August 2415
    Planet of Terra, Governor's House

    ENTRY BEGIN:


    Quick update for the day, since I'm pretty tired. Terra is up and running now; got staff, officers, and a buttload of people moving around. Unfortunately, that also means bad guys and idiots are swarming like insects on a picnic. Not only is that weird ass company Hyperworks or whatever the fuck their name is, moving on Terra and setting up shop with their apparent 'private security force', but I had to fine, detain, and expel a Floran named Mispi from the system today after she, as an officer on my colony, tazed me in the midst of a fight with Acacia. Just a.. Misunderstanding with the bird woman. Had to leave her in a cell, though. Especially with how angry I was, and how foolish she became, over the recent appearance of a certain brown hair'd, fluffy bird... Ziggy, cough cough.

    Seeing that bird made my skin crawl... And my fucking heart jump. Such bullshit that those feelings would remain after the time he's been gone, but they still remain. And that's a problem, especially with Annabelle. My uh.. My girlfriend. God, if my parents were here now, they'd light me the fuck up with religious doctrine, and how I am certainly not a 'Christian woman', like I was supposed to be.

    Sorry mom and daddy, that sorta' thing went out the window when my butt made contact with the ejection seat in an F-87, and started killing people.

    It's not like I'm GAY. I'm not. She's just... Nice to me, is all. Special girl. Kind heart, loving, and all that jazz. I figured I should just go with someone who cares. Like, actually cares about me. And here I am now, with my loins are telling me to give all that up for a fluffy bird with a really, really, really nice...

    Feaaaathery coat. You thought I was going to say dick, didn't you? Yes, I did, Sarah. Because, ha, who else is reading this shit?

    Aha, aha... Ahaaaaaaa. I need more friends.

    But in all actuality, I did tell him to stop by again. Told him I'd help him get fit again, since it seems he's been a fatass for the time he's been gone. I just... I hope I can keep the exercise to non bedroom-related activities. I really gotta try. For Ann.

    Anyway. Yeah, that's happening. Still dealing with Terra, operating as it's governor. Yelling at people, directing workloads, funding repairs to the bar, and picking up the slack my officers can't seem to grab themselves. Ugh. I wish I could just give this job up for something simple. Running cargo, working as muscle... I miss that sorta stuff. I miss being free, and not restricted to a lifestyle that is more fitted for Earth. For home. And I can't pretend that Terra is Earth. It's home, but.. It's not /Home/.

    Well, I'd better get some sleep. I'll update more when things actually become interesting.

    - Sarah McKinley
     
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    ENTRY 25
    9 August 2415
    Planet of Terra, Governor's House

    ENTRY BEGIN:


    Week Three of Terran Public Operations:

    CURRENT EMPLOYEES:

    Planetary Governor:
    - Sarah McKinley
    Salary: 700 per week

    Planetary Vice Governor:
    - Annabelle
    Salary: 650 per week.

    Terran Special Task Force Commander:
    - Max
    Salary: 500

    Maintenance Officer:
    - Natalye
    Salary: 500 per week.

    Terran Security Lieutenant:
    - Luke ( Haven't seen in some time. May replace )
    Salary: 550 per week.

    Terran Security Officer:
    - Ethan Britton
    - 'Torchie'
    - Dustclaw
    Salary: 500 per week

    Terran Hospital Doctor:
    - Acacia
    Salary: 600

    Total Salary Cost Per Week: 4,500 pixels per week.

    CURRENT COLONIAL TREASURY:

    Loan from Central Core Bank: 447,000 pixels (1,000 per week)
    Investment from Glauen:
    Maintenance (Factory, Defenses): 250 per week.
    Estimated Cost for Planetary Defense Cannon: 20,000*
    Repairs for Marketplace: 2,500*
    New Resteraunt: 4,000*

    * Currently holding off until enough money is had.

    Owed per week: 5,750

    Weekly Flat Tax: 200 per business.
    Hyperworks Data-Storage Facility: They broke their contract. Expecting income of 500,000 pixels for breach of contract in the next week or so.
    Exports (Machine Parts, Armor and Weapon Parts, Terran Seafoods, Coconuts, Bananas): 4,789 per week.
    Factory Use Payment By Local Businesses: 600 per week

    Weekly Revenue: 7,339

    Treasury: 3,678 pixels

    NOTE: Dustclaw removed due to inactivity in our forces. Will be expanding hiring of officers with some old USAF personnel. With the Hyperworks guys gone, we'll have plenty of funds and not enough bad guys. Beautiful.
     
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    ENTRY 26
    18 August 2415
    Planet of Terra, Governor's House

    ENTRY BEGIN:


    Week Four of Terran Public Operations:

    CURRENT EMPLOYEES:

    Planetary Governor:
    - Sarah McKinley
    Salary: 700 per week

    Planetary Vice Governor:
    - Annabelle
    Salary: 650 per week.

    Terran Special Task Force Commander:
    - N/A
    Salary: 500

    Maintenance Officer:
    - Natalye
    Salary: 500 per week.

    Terran Security Lieutenant:
    - Luke
    Salary: 550 per week.

    Terran Security Officer:
    - Ethan Britton
    - 'Torchie'
    - Joshua
    - Revan
    Salary: 500 per week

    Terran Hospital Doctor:
    - Acacia
    Salary: 600

    Total Salary Cost Per Week: 5000 pixels per week.

    CURRENT COLONIAL TREASURY:

    Loan from Central Core Bank: 446,000 pixels (1,000 per week)
    Investment from Glauen:
    Maintenance (Factory, Defenses): 250 per week.
    Estimated Cost for Planetary Defense Cannon: 20,000*
    Repairs for Marketplace: 2,500*
    New Resteraunt: 4,000*

    * Currently holding off until enough money is had.

    Owed per week: 5,750

    Weekly Flat Tax: 200 per business.
    Hyperworks Data-Storage Facility: They broke their contract. Expecting income of 500,000 pixels for breach of contract in the next week or so.
    Exports (Machine Parts, Armor and Weapon Parts, Terran Seafoods, Coconuts, Bananas): 4,789 per week.
    Factory Use Payment By Local Businesses: 600 per week

    Weekly Revenue: 7,339

    Treasury: 4767 pixels

    NOTE: Max wanted for attempted murder. Fuck my life.
     
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    ENTRY 26
    8 September 2415
    Planet of Terra, Governor's House

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    This colony is practically killing me now. I'm tired all the time, I don't want to do my job anymore. I love Terra. I love my home, and I love my life. But being Governor. It's... Taking a lot out of me. Max is gone, I had to be rid of him. Annabelle is missing, and I have to explain to her I have no interest in being with another... Woman. Violence has been springing up around the sector, and my security forces, while vigilant, are falling to growing antagonistic forces. I am tired, I have not been eating well, because I feel these burdens upon my shoulders. Every wound, every death, every imprisonment, every thing that happens on Terra is my responsibility; regardless of whether or not I have been shrinking my duty to my Vice Governor.

    I am a warrior by nature. It is how I was raised, how I was taught. I love the thrill of combat, the energy I get bringing safety and security to people by my own hands. Not by telling other people to do it for me. But I can't, because I'm 'important' somehow. I must 'lead' from a cozy chair, or risk being killed by some zealot or some fucking idiot because they love chaos. I love Terra with every inch of my heart. It's my home. More than Katune ever was, more than the Gardens ever could be. I only wish I could do more than I am now. Just filing reports, and keeping track of finances.

    With the money Terra's received from the broken contract, we have more than we'll ever need. Hell, I'll probably get that planetary defense cannon installed. Our businesses are booming, and we receive traffic every day. Terra has become more than I ever imagined it could be.

    Maybe I should start focusing less on the more irritating aspects of the governorship, and instead just... Head out every so often. See how my people are doing? Maybe. Being cooped up in here isn't doing me any favors. I think it's time I head out. Maybe grab a bite to eat. Maybe jog outside the home, instead of running the treadmill. Find new love. Help out security. Give speeches. Being more /involved/.

    Involvement. Maybe that's what I've been missing. I feel detached, when I shouldn't. I guess I know what needs changing.

    - Sarah McKinley
     
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    10 September 2415
    Unknown

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    It's all gone. It's all gone. Gone. Gone. Gone.
     
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    27 September 2415
    Orbit over 'Olympus'

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    I've managed to recover. At least a bit. "Ladybird" is operating, if still spitting sparks every so often. Working on getting a job on Olympus, and maybe being a liaison at Fort Brakken. And I'm also dating Max, since Ziggy still seems to be so unwilling.

    That's no negative mark on Max, however. Yeah, he has a bad track record, but I don't think anyone out here in the Frontier has ever treated me as kindly and as warmly as he has. So, yeah, I'm gonna go with him.

    Still hard. I still have bad dreams, still uncomfortable about talking about Terra. About what happened there. But at least I'm not wallowing around in my own pity anymore. I'm growing from the ashes of my homeworlds, and I don't plan on stopping any time soon.

    - Sarah McKinley
     
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    10 October 2415
    Orbit over 'Olympus'

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    Well, here we are again. Unable to sleep, unable to stop feeling those feelings. Ion's gone, a frame of her former self. Dunno what happened to her, but she's... Not her anymore. Max is dead, riddled to pieces. He also cheated on me, but with whom, I don't know.

    It hurts. I feel helpless, alone, like I have a hole in my life. I could barely get myself out of bed the last week. Hardly ate, hardly brushed my teeth. Hardly left the ship. Ziggy talked to me, and I felt better for awhile. Still mad at him, like he is at me. Now I'm laying here, twisting and turning in an unfamiliar bed, staring at the unfamiliar ceiling, while the quiet, quiet ship orbits the planet I was hired to defend. I don't even have the will to put my fucking boots on.

    I sold the Ladybird to a junk trader. Got about a hundred and twenty thousand off of the trade, so I guess I'm financially stable again. She was still a broken mess, and I ain't no engineer. I would have kept her, but after a confrontation with a weird Novakid that ended fatally for her, I ended up with her spacecraft. Big frigate class ship. Big cargo hold, heavy weaponry onboard. Lot more room. I decided it was time to move forward and even though I've had the Ladybird since Earth fell, I decided it was best to get rid of her. Too many memories, a whole planets worth, left on that thing.

    I'm naming this new ship the 'Unity'. I feel it's suiting. An odd name perhaps, but it feels right. We're all united by a common sadness that we feel out here on the frontier. Be it small or great in energy, we all share a little bit of despair.

    I just want to cry after writing this. I'm gonna try and sleep again.

    - Sarah
     
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    19 October 2415
    Orbit over 'Olympus'

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    I feel better. Things haven't been perfect, they never really have, but things have gotten better, especially after the little fiasco I created when I got piss drunk at the Pinewood bar. God I felt so embarrassed. Can only imagine what sort of reprimand I'd get if Triton Security Solutions found out about it, but it's offworld so it's whatever.

    Oh, Jesus what am I even saying? Holy fuck, things getting better? I got shot at by Japanese Hentai-Tentacle-Cult-Fucks in the Pinewood bar, like, two days later! I ended up hitting one before he literally THREW himself out the fucking window, and then I ended up blowing the other's brain across the floor, but not before he ended up hitting me square in the thigh. I spent a whole fucking week in bedrest because I could hardly move my right leg.

    Okay, here's when stuff started getting better. I was pretty much cracking at this point. I was drinking a little bit more than I should have, I wasn't showing up for my patrols, I was angry, irritable. Not my fault. I was in a bad spot, y'know? Soooooo.. I got together with Ziggy. Probably for the last time, seeing as I just went on a fancy date with Mister James-UnknownLastNameButProbablySimiliarIfNotTheSameAsAnnas. Ziggy reminded me of the fun that can be had in life, if you know what I'm saying huehuehue..

    Naw, but it was nice. It was a fantastic night. No strings attached. Everything, all the stress, the anger, the frustration and sadness that had been burled up inside of me, it all disappeared. Sometimes you just need to feel, y'know? To just enjoy the moment, relish the little things, and that's what I did. I relished it, and I woke up the next day feeling more calm, more relaxed, and more clear headed than I have been in a long, long time. I felt ready to face the day again.

    James had been tending to me the entire week I'd been injured, too. He's a sweetheart, and he's human. Those are two things you don't see put together very often. Most of the humans out here are some sorta retarded mix of 'Oh, I was born in a cloning vat and had to murder my 300000000000 brothers in order to become champion of blah blah blah insert generic German scientist name here'. It's nice to see someone who isn't fucking insane, and has a heart that wasn't ripped out when Earth fell. Maybe I could start a family in this God forsaken frontier after all.

    Credits to my name: 121,372. Other than that, I think I've covered most of what's happened the last two weeks. Gonna go read or some shit. Maybe look through Starnet a few times, and wait for someone to post something. Oh, and food. Definitely food.

    - Sarah McKInley
     
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    28 December 2415
    Rigari

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    Well, it's been awhile since I made one of these. More than two months, since the last one I made was in early October. Lot's happened since I made it. Ziggy and I, well, I think we're pretty much through. I just let it all out on him, and while I sincerely hate him for his lifestyle, I shouldn't have said what I did. I even said shit about his kids. That's, well, that's just not ME. I have my issues, I have problems yeah, but I wouldn't do that. That's not right. It's the alcohol, the stuff I have on my mind. I never had any right to do what I did. He's right.. I am pretty selfish.

    So, I decided to do something about it. I'm, well, sort of self-employed now. I go to old wrecks of crashed spacecraft on Olympus, the stagnant Anchorhead, or even to what remains of Pinewood and just scrounge up whatever I can find, and sell it at one of those outpost markets, or to one of the newer colonies, like Ragnarok. I even found a little place to live on a flowery jungle world I named Rigari, in the ruins of an old castle.

    I actually named it New Terra at first but, Christ, I couldn't go back to that. I need to move on, and yet, at night, I find myself thinking back to it. When things were, well, they weren't fucking simple, but I had friends, a job, the 'Ladybird', and someone who loved me.

    Annabelle... I still miss you. It wasn't right of me to just leave you to do everything on Terra. It wasn't right of me to avoid you, because I was afraid of us, of what we had. And now, this is probably the only place I can say I'm sorry, because at this point I'm not even sure Heaven exists anymore. I still have that photo you gave me, though; long blonde hair and all.

    I'm not giving up though. I know I need help, I really do. I'm trying as best I can to move from day to day, with the hope that I can find some reconciliation with myself, what I've done, with what I've become.

    So, I've found Rigari. I've set up power lines, even made a tiny little farm so I can make my own food from now on. It's not easy, and a lot of the crops have washed away in the heavy rains and snow storms; leaving me hungry for a few nights. I replanted them, installed some drains, and they seem to be growing alright now. I've collected a lot of the salvage I've gathered in the cave to the west of the house, and I got a bathing pool and an outhouse outside. Need to get /actual/ plumbing soon, before I end up freezing my ass off trying to take a leak in the middle of the night again.

    I even went on a date with Luke, the crazy ape lieutenant from my police officerin' days on Dexter's Gardens. He came over for dinner, I made some dumplings or something, and he stayed the night. It was nice. Relaxing. Different than Ziggy, for sure. Luke has a good heart.

    Anyway, I better get back to work. Not sure how to properly fertilize plants, and some of the copper wiring I've set up is dangerously exposed and even short-circuits sometimes, so I've been reading up on some manuals and texts on Starnet. At least the heating works.

    - Sarah McKinley
     
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    Ziggy's gone. For real this time. Blood, ash, and he left everything. Signs of a struggle, from what I heard. We were supposed to make everything right. The last contact we had was a tense attempt at making peace, and it wasn't enough. I'm so, so, so sorry Ziggy. About everything I said. Everything I did. I'm a fucking asshole, a monster sometimes. I don't deserve any of the good stuff I have. The house, the planet, the job and the boyfriend. None of it.

    Wherever you are, dead or alive, I hope you can forgive me. Please. I can barely forgive myself.

    - Sarah
     
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